A cluster of meningococcal disease caused by rifampicin-resistant C meningococci in France, April 2012.

Ibrahim Mounchetrou Njoya (1) , Ala-Eddine Deghmane (2) , Muhamed-Kheir Taha (2) , H. Isnard (1) , I. Parent Du Chatelet (3)

1 INVS - Institut de Veille Sanitaire [Paris]
2 CNR - Centre National de Référence des Méningocoques et Haemophilus influenzae - National Reference Center Meningococci and Haemophilus influenzae
3 INVS - Institut de Veille Sanitaire

In April 2012, a cluster of two cases of meningococcal disease caused by rifampicin-resistant C meningococci was reported in the Champagne-Ardenne region, France. The two cases occurred in a student population living in the same town but studying at different schools. Bacteriological and epidemiological investigations of cases have shown that the isolates of both cases were non-differentiable.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology

Ibrahim Mounchetrou Njoya, Ala-Eddine Deghmane, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, H. Isnard, I. Parent Du Chatelet. A cluster of meningococcal disease caused by rifampicin-resistant C meningococci in France, April 2012.. Eurosurveillance, 2012, 17 (34), pii: 20254. ⟨pasteur-02085518⟩